New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-11
TIE Talk or THE DAY.

A manufacturer OF shoe backlng for professional
nse' includes IN tho directions TO- it, the warning
not to wet the preparation with STALE hcer' other
liquors which will destroy the unctuous' properties
OF the polish. II Is tn pUg that when m, average
six-ycarold Italian CITY Hall booblack reads down to
the word "nncturns" he VIII scrltch mis- head and
wondcrf he hasn't been given new tangled dy Mantle
bomb with printed directions in Russian.
If was a Captin or a Curncl ether; ] wude rather
be Drum Major and have flr nat llhS a bari and
the enemies with and kanOck their General down and
take all his candy away. and HIS marbles and bis top
and everything.-Dchnny's composition In The san
Francisco Examiner
The mahogany reading desk and pulpit chair uscd By
the late Rev. Henry Ward Pceoh"r Ir Plymouth Chu.th
from 1880 70 1869 preserved in the mouse q
a Pcclasklll gentleman The rep upholstery Of the ann
chair IS s0ed and where tn. fan Gus minister's
head often rubbed against It daring the thrill
Ing years I'm the history of hi church
How j. renmore Coofnr would laugr were he tc
have the representation of a North American In.
dian IN bronze, It appears in uptown jewellers
window seated I'm South Jcrsy drck boat instead II
in the traditional and gracefully formed birch bark
canoe He might mourn the degaiat.on of the poor
Indian, even though the savage be In brogzc.
"Johrnle" said his mother. the other day. catching
tho Young gcrtleman IN tho at Of rrop'llnS p5M,S
I'm the direction Of neigh JOnes wiLd VS. Johnny
do you know that 1t Is very wrong for little boys TO
throw stones Never let me sec you do it again.
assurance which con e. Of sense o. innocent INTENT
and said
Mamma. 'sposing Davld's fits nd ben
so particular, wouldn't It have been bad thing for tho
lsraellfcs f'-tBoston Transcript
OF the Presidents age It may be said that what
Is true in IS not new, and What Is now IS not true
Tho following advertisement appears in a Boston
paper
"Wan'cd-A person to take dog to walk mornings.
The best of reference required Apply etc.
Science asserts that disease i disseminated by
books The disease which impes boy 10 him
self with few dime novels. n bowie knife. "A revolver
and two dollars and half and starts off 10 say Indl-
ans. IS certainly caused BY bOOhs-Of certain kind
-(NOrristOwn Herald.
Somebody IS always dshng why b,.incss ren do not
more generally walk part of the Ua to their business
every morning. There are several good reasons why
they do not Fist Of all. they apt TO have half
bucket Of water thrown on them by some needles.
Jeames who always sets apart a. or thereabouts,
the proper time 10 wash the sidewalks Then they
Will probably I'VE to walk pas thrcc or four lor,ily
genflenen'S gentlemen who engaged In knocking
the dust out of the familiar door mat by striking 1t
asaii st lamp post. These the dangers that
ace tho morning walker In the side Nor Is he
any Better of when re Gets to a business avenue. BY
sort Of sacred aditi6 about half the shops such
avenues violently swept exactly the hour
when business men are going down town and the only
way to escape from the inolcrablc dust in
tho middle Of the street. Plainly, New-York is not
built for the convenience OF bus men who tc
walk